Why don’t you request a refund from Steam? If the game doesn’t work because they changed it then I want my money back.

Which is why I moved to Debian/Ubuntu based and haven’t looked back. But functionally, nearly every distro has a different strength and purpose, so go with whatever piques your interest.

I’m a recent convert from Mint Cinnamon to Kubuntu. I would definitely recommend it for being user friendly.

There’s a whole TV show about this:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Security:_Canada's_Front_Line